Archive for May 23rd, 2008
May 23rd, 2008
THIS is pretty tasteless, as if Clinton is waiting for somebody to shoot Barack Obama.
UPDATE: The more I think about this episode, the more I’m inclined to cut Hillary a little, but only a little, slack. (See Nos. 3 and 4 in the comments section.) I’m even willing to attribute her gaffe in part to exhaustion. But it was a terribly insensitive thing to say — not something that recommends her for handling that 3 a.m. phone call for which she claims to be ready.
POSTSCRIPT: Here are videos of Clinton’s potentially offensive remarks and her subsequent apology:
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May 23rd, 2008
 
It’s been a couple of months since I last used that delicious headline (which I boosted from the Huffington Post), but it’s especially appropriate in this case.
The subject here is the LATEST ROUND of e-mails aimed at convincing gullible semi-literates that Barack Obama is an evil foreigner at best and the antichrist at worst.
Who would actually believe such crap? Hey, c’mon. Millions of people also think that theories of evolution and global warming are the work of Satan. To paraphrase H.L. Mencken, it’s not easy to underestimate the intelligence of the American people.
UPDATE: Dana Milbank has a PIECE in today’s Washington Post about anti-Obama weirdos.
May 23rd, 2008
THIS GUY says he has it on good authority that Barack Obama has “straightforwardly and irrevocably” said no to Hillary Clinton’s direct request that she be his running mate.
But then, Obama would be a fool not to reject the idea. There’s nothing to recommend Hillary for the veep slot and lots of reasons not to choose her.
Methinks the biggest obstacle in this regard is Bill Clinton. But there are many others.
UPDATE: CNN is reporting this morning that the veep slot is still a possibility in talks between the Clinton and Obama camps about Hillary getting out of the race:
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May 23rd, 2008
This is pretty funny:
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